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Anthropologie Inspired Oven Mitt
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DIY Oven Mitt - Anthropologie Style

Make easy designer look oven mitts for far less than the cost at the boutique store!
Servings 1 Oven mitt
Author Ang Paris

Equipment

  • Pair of scissors
  • Sewing Machine

Ingredients

  • yard fabric of your choice I used this fabric - Remix Grey Circles by Ann Kelle
  • yard Insul-Bright basically, insulated batting ... sold in the fabric store near the interfacing
  • yard batting
  • 1 pkg Double Fold Bias Tape
  • 1 spool Coordinating thread

Instructions

MAKE YOUR CUTS

  • Cut out of the fabric - Four 10" diameter circles, or about 10", I used a small plate for a template
  • Cut two of these circles in half. It’s easiest to fold in half and cut along crease.
  • Cut out of the batting - Three 10" diameter circles
  • Cut ONE of the batting circles in half
  • Cut out of the Insul-Bright - Two 10" diameter circles
  • Cut ONE of the Insul-Bright circles in half

LAYER YOUR PIECES

  • For the back of the oven mitt (the full circle), layer on pieces from top to bottom in the following way: Fabric, (right side UP), batting, Insul-Bright, batting, Fabric, (right side DOWN).
  • For the two front pieces, layer from top to bottom in the following way: Fabric piece (right side UP), batting, Insul-Bright, Fabric piece right side DOWN.

SEW EACH FABRIC SANDWICH TOGETHER ALONG OUTER EDGES

  • For the two front pieces (half circles), first cut ¾" - 1" off the straight edge of the 'sandwich'
  • Pin each sandwich together
  • Sew along all outer edges (~roughly ¼" seam allowance)
  • Trim excess fabric outside of seam

QUILT EACH PIECE

  • Quilt each piece by sewing diagonal lines across sandwich about 1.5" apart . You can be as exact as you like (with measured out lines) or as inexact as you like (eyeball where each line needs to be). The ladder was my method of choice.

ADD BIAS TAPE TO STRAIGHT EDGES OF FRONT PIECES

  • I happily discovered that sewing double-fold bias tape onto these pieces was incredibly easy!! I followed this great tutorial from the Angry Chicken Blog (that name makes me laugh every time...). She walks you through the process with an easy-to-follow video.
  • Open up bias tape and sew along edge.
  • Fold the bias tape over the edge, pin in place, then sew another seam right over the top

SEW ALL THREE PIECES TOGETHER

    SEW BIAS TAPE AROUND OUTER EDGE

    • Cut a short piece of the bias tape to create a loop at the top. Pin the loop facing into the center of the mitt as shown
    • Carefully pin bias tape all around outer edge going right over your loop
    • Sew in place.
    • Fold bias tape over edge, fold loop UP
    • Sew around outer edge again

    FINISH AND ADD LOOP

    • Pin loop at top of mitt, facing into center. Pin bias tape around the outer edge.
    • Sew your bias tape on and trim the ends of the loop.
    • Fold bias tape over the edge. Fold the loop up, and sew around the outer edge.